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Sea products for the compost/Mix
Last year, I bought Kelp meal from Kelp4Less.com, so of course I keep getting their ads. I even made one compost pile with Pacific kelp, but trips to the coast don't always coincide with compost making.
I like the idea of some sea product in the compost, so I am asking what you think of the following products:
Kelp Meal granules for mixing in the Mix
Kelp powder for mixing and spraying on the plants or soil
Crushed crab shells for mixing in the Mix
I like the idea of some sea product in the compost, so I am asking what you think of the following products:
Kelp Meal granules for mixing in the Mix
Kelp powder for mixing and spraying on the plants or soil
Crushed crab shells for mixing in the Mix
Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
Sounds good to me! But why would you do that? Is your garden not growing well? I use seaweed in my compost pile because I don't want to use the manure...
I have also dumped old kitty kelp pellets into my compost pile, but only because they were around and no one would eat them..
CC
I have also dumped old kitty kelp pellets into my compost pile, but only because they were around and no one would eat them..
CC
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Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
CapeCoddess wrote:Sounds good to me! But why would you do that? Is your garden not growing well? I use seaweed in my compost pile because I don't want to use the manure...
CC

The only reason would be trace elements? Things are growing fine right now so maybe this is one expense I don't need. I'm not going to add Azomite or any other commercial product.
Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
Trace elements need to be replaced.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
camprn wrote:Trace elements need to be replaced.
What do you use to replace the trace elements.??
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Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
Camp, so what do you think of a sea product? The crushed crab shells sounded like they would be a slow release source that stays in the mix, instead of dripping out the bottom.
Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
I throw shells and fish leavings into my compost pile. I love the lobster compost.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Sea products for the compost/Mix
I throw all sorts of things including most of the garden rubbish into the compost pile and some wood ash. Thus the cycle begins again. If I had seaweed that would also go in the compost pile, after being rinsed of course.yolos wrote:camprn wrote:Trace elements need to be replaced.
What do you use to replace the trace elements.??
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books

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